The Chinese education is truly splitting into two directions, although the break doesn't necessarily mean schooling is changing in any way much which the poster T has well indicated with the nation's history.

The private education sector in the People's Republic is visible in two areas; private centers and public schools. This division has not been well addressed in the article, or perhaps I have not read it well enough since I am currently too busy. In any case, the local public such as primary or secondary schools, which are privately owned, are to look out for, since they provide an adjusted system which is more open although still test driven.

No matter what is offered in this nation in the sense of education, it is not much different from what the western schooling system has to show for. How the Chinese society grooms itself to fit into the real world will be interesting to see in years to come.